English words from Kannada
- BangaloreTo outsource (an employee, position, or function) to India, especially to Bengaluru.
- KarnatakaA state in southern India. Capital and largest city: Bengaluru.
- MysoreA large city, district, and division of Karnataka, India.
- KannadaThe Dravidian language that is the official language of the state of Karnataka, India.
- MangaloreSynonym of Mangaluru: a city in Karnataka, south-western India.
- KarwarA city in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, India.
- shettyA surname from Kannada.
- GowdaA surname from Kannada.
- dosaA type of thin South Indian pancake made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water, typically served with chutney or sambar.
- UdupiA city in Karnataka, in southwestern India.
- HosurA city in Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu, India.
- CanaraA historical region in British India composed of the modern districts of Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada, and Udupi.
- HegdeA surname from Kannada.
- avaramA leguminous shrub with smooth cinnamon brown bark (Senna auriculata) from Southern Asia.
- BallariA city in Karnataka, India.
- bendekaiOkra.
- BengaluruA megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India.
- Binky NabobThe commandant of the artillery.
- ChalukyaA member of this dynasty.
- Chikkamagalurua city and district in Karnataka, India.
- chitrannaa dish from Karnataka, popular in South India in general, that mixes rice, lemon juice and a mixture of spices, chilies and seasonings
- Dakshina KannadaA district of Karnataka, in southwestern India. Mangalore is its chief city and administrative headquarters.
- dholeAn Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus.
- gejjeA small spherical metallic bell, usually strung on an anklet worn by classical Indian dancers.
- HanumanthapuraA village in Tumkur district, Karnataka, India.
- HosapeteA city in Karnataka, India.
- HubballiA city in Karnataka, India.
- KalaburagiAn Indian city and district located in the southern state of Karnataka.
- KannadigaSomeone who comes from the ethnolinguistic group that speak Kannada.
- kolerogaA disease of palm trees such as areca palms and of many other commercially important plants caused by the oomycete Phytophthora palmivora.
- KurubaA member of a particular Hindu caste, traditionally shepherds.
- LingayatAn adherent of Lingayatism.
- LingayatismA sect of Shaivism whose worship is centered on Shiva's lingam.
- maddaleA type of percussion instrument used in Karnataka, India.
- MangaluruA city in Karnataka, south-western India.
- ShivamoggaA city in Karnataka, India.
- sondeliAn Asian house shrew, a muskrat (Suncus murinus).
- SringeriA town in Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka, India.
- ThimmeshA surname from Kannada.
- TumakuruA city in Karnataka, India.
- Uttara KannadaA district of Karnataka, in southwestern India, with administrative headquarters at Karwar.
- VijayapuraA city in Karnataka, India.
- VokkaligaA community, or a group of closely related castes, from the Indian state of Karnataka, also present in Tamil Nadu.
- wootzA type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades.